scene

scene
    n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to
         the scene of the crime"
    2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad
       scene"
    3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
       of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: {view}, {aspect},
       {prospect}, {scene}, {vista}, {panorama}]
    4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
       action in a film [syn: {scene}, {shot}]
    5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
       picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
       changed in the last century" [syn: {picture}, {scene}]
    6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three
       scenes"
    7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
       tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: {fit}, {tantrum}, {scene},
       {conniption}]
    8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic
       representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from
       everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic
       views of the equipment" [syn: {scene}, {view}]
    9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the
       perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: {setting}, {scene}]
    10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
        suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting
        the scenery" [syn: {scenery}, {scene}]
    

Scene \Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh` a covered place,
   a tent, a stage.]
   1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited;
      the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with
      its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
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   2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the
      place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the
      slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of
      reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to
      shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
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   3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or
      time, or important change of character; hence, a
      subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play,
      subordinate to the act, but differently determined in
      different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
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            My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak.
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   4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything
      occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the
      like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set
      before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition,
      or action. "In Troy, there lies the scene." --Shak.
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            The world is a vast scene of strife.  --J. M. Mason.
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   5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a
      series of actions and events exhibited in their
      connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
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            Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
                                                  --Addison.
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   6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
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            A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
            Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before
      others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course
      of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
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            Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long
            to wait for some explosions between parties, both
            equally ready to take offense, and careless of
            giving it.                            --De Quincey.
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   {Behind the scenes}, behind the scenery of a theater; out of
      the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors,
      machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives
      and agencies of what appears to public view.
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Scene \Scene\, v. t.
   To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]
   --Abp. Sancroft.
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196 Moby Thesaurus words for "scene":
      access, act, act drop, action, afterpiece, agora, airscape,
      altercation, amphitheater, appear, area, arena, argument, asbestos,
      asbestos board, athletic field, auditorium, back, backdrop,
      background, batten, bear garden, behind the scenes, bit,
      blaze of temper, blowup, border, bowl, boxing ring, brouhaha,
      bull ring, burst, campus, canvas, chapter, chaser, circus,
      cityscape, cloth, cloudscape, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum,
      commotion, confidentially, coulisse, counterweight, course,
      curtain, curtain board, curtain call, curtain raiser, cyclorama,
      decor, diorama, display, distance, disturbance, divertimento,
      divertissement, drop, drop curtain, epilogue, episode, eruption,
      exhibition, exode, exodus, explosion, expository scene, exterior,
      farmscape, field, finale, fire curtain, flare-up, flat, flipper,
      floor, forum, get about, get around, go out, ground, gym,
      gymnasium, hall, hanging, high words, hinterland, hippodrome,
      hoke act, incident, interior, interlude, intermezzo, intermission,
      introduction, landscape, lists, locale, locality, location,
      lookout, make the scene, marketplace, mat, milieu, mise-en-scene,
      number, open forum, outburst, outlook, palaestra, panorama,
      parade ground, part, participate, pastoral, perspective, picture,
      pit, place, platform, precinct, privately, prize ring, prologue,
      prospect, public square, purlieu, rag, range, rear, ring,
      riverscape, routine, row, scape, scene of action, scenery,
      scenic view, screen, seapiece, seascape, secretly, section,
      segment, set, setting, shtick, side scene, sight, site, sketch,
      skit, skyscape, snowscape, socialize, song and dance, sphere, spot,
      squared circle, stadium, stage, stage screw, stage set,
      stage setting, stand-up comedy act, storm, striptease,
      surreptitiously, sweep, tab, tableau, tantrum, teaser, terrain,
      theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, tormentor, townscape,
      transformation, transformation scene, turn, upset, view, vista,
      walk, waterscape, whereabouts, wing, wingcut, woodcut,
      wrestling ring